**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2026****LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2026**’Sublime ... A true masterpiece’ DAILY TELEGRAPH, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Mind-blowing' GUARDIAN‘Wondrous. Gives us trees as we've never seen them before’ ISABELLA TREE, author of WildingThe extraordinary story of the inventive and astonishing w...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2026**’Sublime ... A true masterpiece’ DAILY TELEGRAPH, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Mind-blowing' GUARDIAN‘Wondrous. Gives us trees as we've never seen them before’ ISABELLA TREE, author of WildingThe extraordinary story of the inventive and astonishing ways trees have shaped our natural world.Over hundreds ...

**Brought to you by Penguin.**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2026***The Genius of Trees tells the mind-expanding global story of the inventive and astonishing ways trees learned to shape our natural world.Over hundreds of millions of years, from prehistoric forests to the trees around us today, we see trees using fire as a reproductive tool, harnessing large mammals to spread their seeds (but poisoning smaller, less useful...